Las Vegas Gold
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Three strikes...you're dead? A Major League baseball team with a woman as manager? A starting pitcher who can not only throw a baseball with a the best but can throw a whole game to Las Vegas gamblers? A gang of drug smugglers who are attempting to take over the team for their own purposes? Las Vegas Gold is a novel that has all this and more. Molly Malone is the red-haired manager of a group of American League baseball players all carefully chosen from the ranks of free agent and amateur players. Money for salaries is no problem. Mike Malone¸ Molly's father and a former star Major League player turned billionaire business man¸ has obtained a franchise for Las Vegas. He names his daughter¸ a star and manager in women's pro baseball as manager¸ hand-picks Larry Henderson as General Manager and gives them carte blanche to choose the players. He begins building a state of the art roofed stadium and tells Molly and Larry to be ready to play in two years. Molly gets her way with a trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tabby¸ a pitcher with a great arm and attitude to match. What the team isn't prepared for is the trouble that follows the manager and soon invades their lineup. Previously¸ the worst any of the players had to deal with was striking out or blowing a catch. Now¸ they find themselves up to their necks in murder¸ thrown baseball games¸ Las Vegas gamblers and drug lords. Combining a murder mystery with America's national pastime¸ while covering such hot button topics as illegal gambling in the sporting world and the import of illegal drugs¸ Las Vegas Gold will keep readers of both baseball and mysteries riveted from start to finish. Available in EPUB¸ Kindle and PDF formats.